If there's one thing Apple likes to jab Android for, it's fragmentation. If you keep up with Android very well, you probably know that while Android does suffer from fragmentation, it's not nearly as big of an issue as Steve Jobs and now Tim Cook make it out to be. There are devices that get abandoned on older versions of Android before their time, and there are some security issues that pop now and again, but security issues do receive patches outside of the operating system, thanks to some crafty Google Play services updates.
Tim Cook still apparently doesn't agree, though. In his latest interview in Business Week, he took some time to talk about some of Android's flaws, again, spending much of the time on fragmentation. He claims that most consumers end up using devices on software “three or four years old” before they upgrade to something newer. Following that logic, that means most consumer devices are running Gingerbread or earlier… which isn't true. Is there room for improvement on updating Android devices? Absolutely. Is it a flaw in the platform that ruins Android as a whole? Absolutely not.
Even as an Android fan, it's obvious Apple makes solid devices that consumers want, and it's impossible to say that either iOS or Android is objectively a better OS or platform. But generally, it's better for everyone when you make hardware and software to beat your competitors instead of down-talking the guys on the other side of the fence.
source: Business Week
Apple should focus on the development of there device rather talking about Android. People out there are looking for reasons to buy iphone 5s and unfortunately finger print sensor doesn’t cut it
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I think that YOU need to look again. It has been a long time since I was in a math class, but I am pretty sure that 33.1% is not most. In fact, 45.1% are running Jelly Bean. Even my 3 year old knows that 45 is a bigger number that 33. I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’.
Martin is claiming otherwise, not me. aka, you and I agree.
cook is a schmuck. first, he’s not steve jobs, so whatever he says is just largely some noise by apple. apple’s lost it’s religious leader way too soon. It would have been a different case if Steve jobs were still alive, he’d have at least kept the competition strong.
what this chump doesn’t realize is that even gingerbread offers more features and functionality than iO7…..Tim, you better drop your thermonuclear war and get back to the drawing board for your next iphone…..
plus most of the older iOS devices do get updates but they are half-baked…missing most features that are available in the software update for the latest iphone
Oddly enough, it seems like iOS7 is just increasing the fragmentation that exists for iOS devices. Not sure I would have tilted at that windmill if I were Cook.
most of the users do use gingerbread or a lower version of android, what are you talking about? Fragmentation is horrible on any device that is not a flagship.
Where is your proof buddy? Your claim is simply NOT true. Jelly Bean alone is more than Gingerbread now.